The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-04-28

back again reasSured.
Yet, thought: Can it be possible that
something is happening to that girl, who
ever, wherever she may be, or to some
ono she loves? And has her spirit been
able to break the hounds of matter and
call for helpp How many persons believe
that between certain minds and minds the
will power can under favorable circum-
stances exert itself through space! Then
reviewed the scientific men who have
given whole OF partial adhesion to the
claims of psychologists held In bad repute
by science generally, and recalled how
universally-in all parts Of the world, In
all nations, at all epochs-action OF this
kind has been believed in by thousands Of
men. was sorely tempted to get up, but
reflected on the absurdity Of perambulat-
ing the solemn halls Of the university at
such an hour with no definite object, no
exact aim.
The subject was wakeful one, but the
next day claimed its labor, and I could
not afford the luxury of wakefulness.
could not sleep at once, but luckily pos
sessing secret method by which one can
force one's self to sleep, I.appled it, and
in the end succeeded and fell away.
Then it came again, and with flash OF
light such as comes when one presses the
eyeballs sharply, flash that affected me
like sound. There she stood, the unknown
stranger with the look Of one I knew in
timatcly, yet could not name or place,
hollow eyed, agonized, desperate. And
now she moved her right arm once, twice,
thrice, beckoning me in the direction Of
the other tower. Was it she who was
being murdered somewhere in the neigh
borhood9 Was it the young Englishman
who needed help? I sprang up, to find
her vanished; but this time, following
some impulse, / thrust on some clothes
and my shoes, leaped across tho room,
tore open the door, rushed out on the roof
and hurried over to Raymond's windows,
which look southwark. The last roy Of
the moonlight shone obliquely into them.
Ipeered through the panes, and there,
on his friend and protectors carpet, lay
the young law student with a hole in his
right temple and an ugly stain below his
head.
He was beyond all aid; thers was moth
ing to be done. After rousiDg Raymond
and notifying the authorities happened to
look at the time. 1t was hardly O'Clock.
With the ambulance came the purveyors
of news and learned all that we knew and
more, for they discovered his proper name
When Raymond and went dismaly
forth to get an early breakfast the papers
had the story and the cry was already
pushing through the quiet streets. Tell
ing him nothing of my dream, ! made him
20 with me to breakfast at the New York
hotel. We had finished, silently enough,
when clutched his arm.
'sTherey' whispered, "that girl there
came to me last night in dream-an ap-
parition-how do know what it was?
She came thrice, and fool that I was
DELAYED till the last summons. Do you
suppose I could have saved him had l gone
at oncei'
Raymond looked scared, as well he
might, for there was nothing to show that
nv reason had not become unbalanced
from shock / treasured him by hastily
telling of the meeting the day before, but
succeeded only partially; for who believes
in apparitionsl
The young girl went quietly to her seat,
pale as ghost but not sorrowful looking;
rather she appeared like some one who
has been through great suffering and had
then been permitted to forget; but the
marks Of the strain remain. She was
Joined by the elderly gentleman, and then
/ came to q fixed conclusion 80 far as their
relations went, namely, that she was not
his wife, not his niece, not his daughter